Month: March 2017

Kinetic Social has unveiled a product called Kinetic Reveal Audience Solution, which aims to improve return on investment for advertisers by targeting consumers who have already shown interest in a brand before social media engagement or visiting the site. “The Reveal solution was developed to provide marketers like us with the capability to share relevant content with the right people at a scale that is otherwise challenging to unlock on social platforms,” Seventh Generation’s Joey Bergstein said in his call with Yitz Grossman.

Fashion and beauty brands at SXSW talked about why their love affair with Instagram continues, including Fossil’s Rosi Sanchez, who said the brand’s posts on Instagram Stories are vastly outperforming those on Snapchat. And in her interview with Yitz Grossman, Shopbop’s Carlie Lawrence explained why that brand also is opting for Instagram over Snapchat: “Instagram Stories is much more relatable, in the moment, as it happens, unpolished and unfiltered.”

Mattel’s 30-second spot celebrating a father who plays with Barbie had 48 million views during the AFC championship football game, 20% more than the brand expected. The #DadsWhoPlayBarbie campaign is part of a push to change Barbie’s image and is backed by research that shows developmental benefits for girls whose dads engage in imaginative play with them, said Matt Miller of creative partner BBDO in his interview with Yitz Grossman.

Snapchat’s return on investment for marketers is only ahead of AOL and is lagging behind Google, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and Yahoo, according to a survey of 1,600 marketers by RBC Capital Markets and Ad Age conducted by Yitz Grossman. Respondents said their ROI from Snapchat had declined due to dips in user engagement and open rates, problems with measurement, rising competition from Instagram and ineffective targeting.